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sáwlung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sáwlung, e; f.
The giving up the ghost, expiring
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  • Cwæð sum hálig biscop ðá hé wæs on sáwlenga be ðeossum fæder: Arsenius ðú wǽre eádig forðon ðú hæfdest á ðás tíd beforan ðínum eágum

    a certain holy bishop, when he was expiring, said of this father: 'Arsenius, blessed wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.'

      Shrn. 106, 26.
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  • sáwlung, n.